GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A plea deal has been reached in connection a vandalism spree and fire at an Allouez church.
Mackenzie Guillen, 19, was scheduled to stand trial Wednesday and Thursday. But in court Monday, a plea hearing was scheduled for Friday morning and the trial was canceled.
He three counts of criminal damage to property, one count of arson and one count of burglary.
Court documents say Guillen spent about two hours inside St. Matthew Church and School on Webster Avenue last April 30. He allegedly smashed vases and scattered various items before setting fire to papers on the floor of the gathering space and walking away.
Police say he left with a wine bottle before throwing it through the window of a Beaumont Street home.
The criminal complaint says Guillen also threw rocks at the window of a different home on Webster Avenue before throwing a chair and ringing the doorbell at a home on Riverside Drive.
The Riverside Drive homeowner said Guillen, who appeared disoriented, told him to call police and walked away. Police arrested Guillen a short time later.
According to the criminal complaint, police were able to link Guillen to all four crimes through surveillance video inside the church, doorbell video from homes in the area and the clothes he was wearing that night.
Competency concerns were raised for Guillen, but after treatment was found competent to stand trial.
